Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-06-01
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
Delivered by Rev. ]. C. ebeFnart. al the ~. E. Church, Prescott. Sun
 das. May 29, 1887.

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 the ~. 6. Church, Prescott. Sum
 das. May 2o, 1887.
 subjecs-rhe hero and his revard.
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 The history of our race is history
 wars. From the last murder. back {
 where Gains hands were red in his brotf
 CTS blood. war is the universal them,
 Yes, even far back of that; even i
 heaven itself. the sharp knife of rebel
 lion was lifted against Jehovah's omniI
 otent arm, with its resnlt that Satan i
 in the world, going about as a roaring
 lion, seeking whom he may devour. I'm
 line of the ages is drawn in blood. Isi
 an Alexander weeping for other world
 to conquer; Caesar crossing the Rubi
 con, or Nerxes crossing the Helles
 pont, Or Napoleon, wading through
 rivers of blood, and carrying his victor
 ious eagles beyond the Alps! Is il
 France, lying prostra;e in the throes ol
 the French Revolution; or the green
 sods of our cwn beloved land, crimsoned in worse than human gorey Again, is it Bismarck of Germany, Gladstone on Ireland and Scotland's woes and needs, our own continental congress, or the present struggle between employer and employedl-each and all evidence the seif-same conclusion war, war, WAR. Whether war of physical force or a war of ideas, God grant the day may soon dawn when war, that lingering relic of barbarism, shall cease; when 'the swords will be beaten into plowshsres and the spears into f6uning-hooks; :" when our nations difficulties will be set tied at the bar of peaceful arbitration. But believe so long as human foot treads the soil there will be wars and ru- mors of wars, for they are seated in hu- man nature itself. and to eradicate them you must eradicate the nature of man. This is not against the reign of peace. the heritage of Christianity.
 Since wars are inevitable, let them come. War develops the hero, and when the smoke of battle rolls away he comes proudly to the front. And who is the herse Not always is it he who dies upon the battlefield. Many towards fell; many heroes never fell in battle, and many never wen, to battle. The true hero k he who is willing to sacrifice himself for the good of others. The true patriot is he who, like John Burns of Gettysburg. is willing to answer his eountry's call to the conflict.
 And he Is q hero, whether he spreads a sounding name abroad or Is never known but by the boys and sleeps on & southern hillside, ''unknelled, unhonored and unsung." All honor to the dead heroes.
 The living heroes, in church and state, Atlas-like, are holding up the world, and f our mighty men withdraw their shoul- iers, the world will fall down into the blaekness of darkness forever. And in the beautiful temple of law, honor and .;od will be seated the lifeless idol Of dis lonor. disordsr and rapine.
 We, the living, owe tine dead heavy lebi. IL Is q reasonable service 10 pay t in tears of gratitude. To secure free iom oi thought and of speech the most profound arguments, the most unexam- piei oratory, and the most inhuman !ortures have been used. Patrick Henry uttered a truth in I715 which has found in every loyal heart. "ls life @ dear or peace so sweet as 10 be pur- -nased at the price of chains and slay- -ryg Forbid it Almighty God. know sot what course others may take, but as or me, give me liberty or give me death.
 Look a moment at our country. Occu- ,ying q latitude similar to the superior nations of the earth, America presents | m appearance especially adapted for comfort, utility and romance. As her hores are washed by both oceans, her acilities fcr international commerce are .mple. Her lakes and rivers are whit ned by the wings of trade. Her Hud- ou is mol exceeded even by the Nile. ,aliforni'> Golden Gate is open to the gorld. srhe Chinese might be an excep- Son here.) Her coal and ore beds are he largest and the finest. The blow up urns no more fertile sod. She alone has
 Niagara. Yosemite and a Grand Can on. The most complete network oi ailroads is found here. She isa asylum sr ,l,e oppressed; q land where indus ", capacity and integrity are the watch rorlls of success: where man does not rawl imprisened in slime and gloom 5hil. he lives in an age sglow with the oi prosperity, and sees men rh. breathe the same air walk forth lothed in purple and fine linen. We Iay. splendid facilities for occupying the ron. rank among the nations. We have very type oi humanity. Foreigners are loo king to our shores they are follow ng ,hc S,ar of empire westward. and are developing ihe unlimited resources oi he prairies. They bring with them their stional peculiarities. They may be the ource oi much harm. Let us be eau ouS am heartily opposed to receiv- ,s .u unr country the scum oi foreign therefore l am m favor oi Iisely iim.,.ns foreign emigration.
 Again. our land Is the home oi the rue religion. Protestantisn, sealed with he blood oi Laiimer, Cranmer and Knox ni hy the tears and prayers oi the saints i aL ages. here finds its many advo a,.-. We chr.s,iauize the world and .uvaih iue blocds,ained banner oi ling Emmanuel We are marching to he land where the sun always shines ui ih,a i.i-!> always sing.
 ra.> great country Is our country 'nln- and bonnie America Her chil- -rn ris. up and call hec blessed always. nd she Is proud os them. very proud oi hem. very proud ot her stalwsr; sons, .l,nse !.r,oai acres and royal intellects ave lifted them high above their Tel ows. America, ;ha; gave a Webster ,irth where every man Is free. By their ruits ve shall know them, not by the oliace and flowers which daily with the ,reeze and die with the fragrance which hey shed. but by the golden. perfect ruit which. even when it falls mellow to he earth. leaves the germs of new and multiplied forms of life. And may II be he petition of everY loyal heart that the missile, of party strife and political cor r,rtion may never rend the beautiful garment oi union which en- odds the common world,
 But always more important than the ,cuntrv are ,he men who make the coun- |